
Handbook of Law and Economics: Volume 1
Volume 1
North-Holland (Publisher)
Published on 7. November 2007
Book
Hardback
886 pages
978-0-444-51235-2 (ISBN)
Description
Law can be viewed as a body of rules and legal sanctions that channel behavior in socially desirable directions - for example, by encouraging individuals to take proper precautions to prevent accidents or by discouraging competitors from colluding to raise prices. The incentives created by the legal system are thus a natural subject of study by economists. Moreover, given the importance of law to the welfare of societies, the economic analysis of law merits prominent treatment as a subdiscipline of economics. Our hope is that this two volume Handbook will foster the study of the legal system by economists.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Advanced graduate students, researchers and professionals interested in Economics, Law and their interaction.
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 174 mm
Thickness: 48 mm
Weight
1743 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-444-51235-2 (9780444512352)
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Additional editions

A. Mitchell Polinsky | A. Mitchell Polinsky | Steven Shavell
Handbook of Law and Economics
E-Book
05/2014
North-Holland
€131.00
Available for download
Persons
Editor
Stanford University, CA, U.S.A.
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Content
1. Contract Law
2. Liability for Accidents
3. Property Law
4. Litigation
5. Empirical Study of the Civil Justice System
6. Public Enforcement of Law
7. Empirical Study of Criminal Punishment
8. Environmental Law
9. Regulation of Health, Safety, and Environmental Risks
10. Taxation
11. International Law
2. Liability for Accidents
3. Property Law
4. Litigation
5. Empirical Study of the Civil Justice System
6. Public Enforcement of Law
7. Empirical Study of Criminal Punishment
8. Environmental Law
9. Regulation of Health, Safety, and Environmental Risks
10. Taxation
11. International Law